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Brought to Hospital Where He Soon
After Died After Making Statement
Absolving Others of All Blame in
the t'nforlunate Affair.
H. K. Strickland, a resident of
Kloyds Township, was brought to the
hospital in a serious condition from a
gun shot wound in the abdomen, rcerived
in Floyds township, on Thanks,
giving day. Two men were engaged
in a scuffle. Calvin Strickland, a brothel*
of the deceased had a gun in his
hand, when the deceased ran up to
him and taking hold of the barrel of
the gun jerked Calvin toward him.
The gun went off with fatal results
to II. R. Strickland, for he died soon
after arriving at the hospital. He
made the folowing statement about
two hours before his death in the
presence>of Dr. H. H. Burroughs, and
in the presence of other witnesses
who signed their names at the bottom
:
State of South Carolina,
County of Horry.
To whom it may concern:?I, H. R.
^ Strickland, believing that I am in the
presence of.death, I make the folow.
ing statement:
r " At Stephen's X Roads, in Horry
County, this afternoon, Hob Graham,
^ and Mark Strickland were tussling.
Me and Calvin Strickland got into it
also. Calvin had the gun, a 28 cal. 1
ran up and caught gun by barrel. I
jerked gun forward from Calvin. The
gun fired, load entering my abdomen,
fight side. We had all been drinking
some grape juice. None of us were
mad with each other?but only a
friendly play. I do not blame anybody.
I have no idea Calvin thought
there was any shell in the gun. I feel
cuite sure it was an accident. Calvin
^ and P have had no trouble with each
other. We lived together some time
and farmed together. Nov. 27th, 1914
(Signed) H. R. Strickland,
Witnesses:
A. M. Anderson,
H. H. Roberts.
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The New Methodist P?stor.
Last Monday, Rev. Elbert L. McCoy
was appointed by Rishop Denny to bo
pastor of the Conway Methodist
Church. Mr. McCoy comes hero from
Reidvillc in Spartanburg county
y where he has closed a most successful
three years pastorate.
Mr. McCoy was born at Malveen, Ark,
of Scotch-Irish stock. He was educated
at Mcndrix College, Ark., and at
Vanderbilt University, and so comes
to us one of the best trained men in
the South Carolina Conference. Ho is
thirty-eight years old.
In 1903 Mr. McCoy was converted
and the next year was licensed to
preach at Arkadelphia, Ark. In 1902
he was received into the Tennessee
Conference and the following year he
was transferred to Carlisle, S. C., to
fill a vacancy, and has ever since re|
mained in this State. He. was pastor
at Carlisle two years and throe years
at Reidvilln an/1 nr?vv c! Crtn,ifo,T
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In 190G Mr. McCoy was married to
Miss Olive Caldwell of Donaldson,
Ark. They have two attractive little
girls, Allene Ruthorn McCoy and Helen
Olivia McCoy,
fc Mr. McCoy comes very highly recommended,
and he has the reputation
in the upper part of the State of being
a strong preacher. We predict
for him a most successful pastorate
,in our growing city.
It is understood that Mr. McCoy
and his family will arrive on Thursday
of next week, December 10th.
They will receive a hearty Welcome.
Conway Methodist Church.
Services for Sunday, Dec. Gth: Sun
day School at 9:4T> a. m. Preaching by
^ the retiring preacher at 11 a. m. The
Lord's Supper will be administered at
jv , the close of this service. Epworth
j League at 8:30 p. m. At 7:30 we j
I will have an Echo meeting telling of
mo recent annual Conference at Sumter.
Preaching at Elbcthcl on Sunday
afternoon.
fe Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
A cordial welcome to all.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Irvin of Wampee
returned to their home last Thurs
day, after spending some time with
the family of Mr. A. C. Thompson, a
brother of Mrs. Irvin.
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MAGISTRATE COURT.
Magistrate "A7. IT. Chestnut last
Thursday tr^d iho case of T. L. Cclv
Company of Anderson, S. C\, agjrnst
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suit having been brought on a supposed
account of $10.00 and some
cents. The plaintiff alleged in hie
complaint thai this account was mad
by the defendant.
When the case was called the plaintiff
had no witness in the case but sv.
mitted its complaint to the considv
at ion of the court. The plaintiff first
made a motion, however,to continue
the case for the examination of witnesses
in Anderson or Greenvii
This motion was refused and the case
went to trial.
Mr. Cusliman had filed his answe
in the esse denying the complaint. IT
testified at the trial that this account
I was not made with this company by
himself hut the goods were purchased
by one Aleck George, an electrician,
who at one time was working under
the defendant on an electrical contract
in the city of Anderson. That
he did not give any order for the
goods either verbal or in writing. That
after he had finished the work that his
force of hands were doing in Anderson
lie received a bill with George's
name on it from this company for the
amount. Later he saw George and
George stated that he had got the
goods on the credit of Mr. Cushnian,
and that he would attend to the matter
and straighten it out. After hear
ing this testimony the magistrate
found a verdict for the defendant.
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
CONVICTS ARE PARDONED
By Governor Cole L. Blease on Thanks
giving Day.
Columbia, Nov. 2b.?One hundred
and one convicts, serving terms *-->r
murder, manslaughter, rape, housebreaking
and larceny, and minor offpnses
running the entire gamut of
crime walked this morning from
South Carolina prisons as a result of
act of clemency extended by Gov. Cole
L. Blease,
Included in the list are 31 prisoners
who were serving terms of from 2 to
30 years for manslaughter; 1G life
termers for murder, and 54 for miscellaneous
offenses.
Of these 54 were white nrisnners:
40 negroes, and 1 Indian.
W. T. Jones, a wealthy planter,
serving a life term for the murder of
his wife by poisoning, was the most
notorious of those securing clemency.
Under the parole he is required to abstain
from liquors; he is also required
to treat a possible future wife well, in
1 tlie event of another marriage. The
1 Governor's remedy is: "Under the
further condition should he. hereafter
marry and bo convicted of abusing or
mistreating his wife, he shall bo arrested
and committed to the State
penitentiary to serve the remainder
of the above mentioned sentence."
Among those paroled or pardoned
were the following:
John Hooks (white), convicted at
the February, 1914 term of court at
llorry county for manslaughter and
sentenced to five years upon public
works. Paroled. )
Burroughs Stroud, (white), convict-j
ed at the February 1914, term of the
court for Horry county of manslaugh-!
tor and sentenced to live years on pub
lie works. Pardoned.
Cornelius Johnson, (negro), convicted
at the June 1911, term of the:
court for Florence county of grand ;
larceny and sentenced to live years on
public works. Paroled.
General Washington, (negro), convicted
at the June, 1910 term of court
for Florence county of murder with
xv i;uinmeiHiauon to mercy, and sentenced
to life imprisonment. Paroled.
TRENCH DYSON WAS ACCIDENTLY
SHOT.
Accident Near Aynor in this County
liesuHs in Death.
Teench Dyson, a young white man,
living in the Aynor section of this
county,while pranking with a gun on
Thanksgiving Day, was accidently
shot and killed, the load entering his
body in a vital spot. It was reported
that the gun would not fire, and something
had gone wrong with the nmchanism
of the instrument and in trying
to correct this defect the hammer
got caught and the load was discharged.
SPECIAL NOTaCE
The Ladies Aid Society of the Mcth
odist Church will servv. Oysters, sandwiches,
Salads, Coffee and Candy next
Friday, Dee. 5th, at the John Daniel
store. All are invited to attend.
There will be a sale of ready made
articles ,aiso C.?riscmas ...?
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CONAVAY, S. C., Till1 USD AY 1),:
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CONWAY THiS WEEK
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AVERAGE OF SI CH CONCERNS
AND LOOKS NEW.
A carnival company arrived in Conway
last Sunday by special train and
pitched its tents Monday morning on
the vacant lots neaar the court house.
In the aggregations is a ferris wheel,
a mcrry-go-round, wild west riders,
and a minstrel show or two. The concern
has the appearance of being
above the average of such shows, the
tents a.id other equipment having the
appearance of being new and in good
repair. They are great users of electricity.
using more than the usual
carnival shows have been doing in this
town.
REFUSES TO REGULATE COM?11:RCTAL
RELATIONS
Stand of United States Made I'lain
in Reply Sent Germany.
The decided stand taken by X he
United States in refusing to accept
the principles Pf the declaration of
I London to regulate commercial relations
during the Eeropean war was
made clear Nov. 25th, when the State
Department made public the text of
a cablegram sent to American Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin on October 14.
Mr. Gerard had forwarded a notice
that Germany intended to protest
against alleged violation of the declaration
by Great Britain and France.
The German ambassador, Count Bcrn
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sbviu, L'.iviciy Lvnuuiiy luugeu liic complaint,
with the State Department.
Simultaneously the reply cabled Ambassador
Gerard, copies of which went
to all American diplomatic representatives
abroad, was given out. It follows:
"Please inform the German government
that the Department's suggestion
made to the belligerent countries
for the adoption for the sake of uniforniity
of the. Declaration of Lofrulon
as a temporary code of naval warfare
for use in the present war has been
withdrawn because of the unwillingness
of some of the belligerents to
adopt the Declaration without modification.
The United States government
therefore will insist that its
rights and duties and those of its citizens
in the present war be defined by
the existing rules of international law
and the treaties of the United States
with the belligerents independently,
of the provisions of the declaration
and this government will reserve the
right to enter a demand or protest in
every case of rights and duties mentioned
above and defined by existing
rulers of international law when they
are violated or their free exercises
hindered by the belligerent governments."
Mrs. GoldOir ' Kntertains.
Mrs. A. E. Goldfinch, who teaches
the young men's Bible class at the
Baptist church, gave a delightful entertainment
at her home 0:1 last Monday
evening. Each member was given
the privilege of inviting one guest,
and at 7 o'clock they were all gather-j
ed together at the residence and were)
ushered into the parlor where a num- j
her of interesting games were played.
All present reported a splendid time.
Those present were: Misses Sarah
McMillan. A.linr?
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I Sessions, Sadie Goldfinch, Minnie
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Armstrong and Mattie Rhcuark. I
Messrs. Grady Tisdale, Arthur Tisdale i
Jesse Brown, Corbet Anderson, 13ob,
Bouuoitt, Mayo Holiday, Jennings
Armstrong and George Graham.
Accident at Conway Lumber Plant.
While workmen were endeavoring (
I to lift un a heavy smoke stack last,
Thursday morning, at the plant of the !
I Conway Lumber Co., where a now mill
is being built, 0110 of the colored men
named Johnson who was holding one
of the guy ropes, for some reason
turned it loose and the heavy stack
fell down on him, striking him on the
head and seriously injuring the man.
Others who were working around the
place at the time were put in serious
danger and some of the others sustain
ed slight injuries it was said. The
wounded man, Johnson, was taken to
his home where the mill physician i
gave him attention. J
In was reported in Conway last
Thursday that Mr. Hampton Lewis,
a citizen of this county, who lived
near Adrian, S. C., had died suddenly
and without previous warning that
morning. The coroner was called to
hold an investigation of the case. Mr.
Lewis was a brother of the late S. J.
Lewis, who died in a similar way several
months ago.
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APPOINTMENTS FOR j
MARION DISTRICT
THE METHODIST PREACHERS'
WHO WILL OCCCPY PLACES
IX MARION DISTRICT
Following are the appointments for
Marion District made at the general
conference in session a few days ago:
Marion District?It. H. Jones, presiding
elder; Aynor, J.E. Ford; Blenheim,
J. S. Beasley; Britton Neck,
T. H. Bain; Brownville, L. T. Phillips*
Bucksville, W. A. Youngblood; Centenary,
R. R. Doyle; Conway, E. L.
McCoy; Conway circuit, W. H. Phillips;
Clio, A. D. Potts; Dillon, A. J.
Cauthen; Floyds, F. S. Ilook; Gallivants
Ferry, A. W. Shealey; Latta,
F. H. Shnler: Latter circuit, D. H. Everott;
Little River, J. F. Cook; Little
Rock, F. L. Glennan; Loris, I). D.
Jones; 11. L. Singleton, supernumerary;
Marion, R. B. Turnipseed; Marion
circuit, M. M. McLendon; Mullins,
K. S. Jones; Mullins circuit, M. F.
Dukes; Little Pee Dee, E. H. Beckham;
Waccamaw, E. F. Scoggins:
Sunday School Field Secretary, W. C.
Owen; Editor Southern Christian Advocate,
\V. C. Kirkland.
BRITISH OFFICER CLAIMS
War Will be Over by Next June and
World at Peace.
That the war will be over by next
June or before was the statement
made by an officer of high command in
Gen. French's army. He is back from j
the front on a few days leave but can
not be designated with any greater
precision.
"The war will be over before Ascot,"
was the way he put it, and the
Ascot race meet comes in the middle
of June when there is one.
His statement was made in all
seriousness and was justified, in his
mind, by what he described as the
facts of the situation.
These, in brief, he says, are that
the German efforts in the western
theatre of war are practically exhausted;
that pressure on the eastern
frontier will shortly become severe;
that the psyhological moment for the
general offensive for which Gen Joffre
is awaiting is rapidly approaching,
and that movements of the allies east
and west will prove irrestible.
"Early in the summer,' said the officer,
"Germany will be ready to make
peace on the best terms she can obtain."
PATROL ALONG NIAGARA
Invasion by Germans, Similar Raid,
Feared in Dominion.
Buffalo, Nov. 150.?Extraordinary
precautions have been taken to guard |
against a possible raid of Germans 01
German sympathizers across the Nia- j
agra River. A permanent of thirty1,
militiamen has been stationed at Fort;
Erie, directly oposite Buffalo, and the!
whole river front there to Niagara
Falls and Queenstown is patrolled day
and night by between 500 and 000
members of the ncwlv orirani'/ed
homo guard regiments.
These measures, it is said, were tak
on in response to demands from civic
organizaaions along the Canadian side
of the Niagara who insist that a raidj
similar to the Fenian raid was not a |
remote possibility.
II. S. Watches Warring Nations.
In common with the military obser;
ers of every other nation, United States
army officials are watching- with
keenest interest the aiHillery develop-1
ment of the warring nations of Europe
as disclosed upon the battlefields
of Belgium and France. Every news'
despatch that reaches the German
guns is read closely and photographs
are studied with greatest care, but so
far nothing conclusive has been found I
to confirm the report the Germans are!
placing their main reliance upon for-1
ty-two centimeters mobile howitzers.'
Sow wheat on the very next good i
day, is tin- most important advice i
which the extension division of Clem-1
son College is now sending out to J
South Carolina farmers. There is not
much time left for talking about;
OAUnnrt* At. ? nil- 1
i;nuii, i nose vvno are,
unfortunate enough not to he able to I
put grain in their land soon will, it is;
believed, be victims of regret next
surymor and no doubt evious of their
more fortunate neighbors who will be
getting top prices for wheat and oats.
Fund Over Subscribed.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd
George announced in the house of com
mons last Friday that the war loan if
350,000,000 pounds sterling ($1*,7f>0,- ;
000,000) had been greatly over-sub- 1
scribed.
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DEATH OF A CHILI).
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Young Son of Mi. and Mrs. E. V. Anderson
Dies Near Rhenis.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson had j
the misfortune of losing their litDej
son, Gordon, their only child, at their;
home at Morrtsvillo, near Rhems, in
Georgetown county last week. The
interment took place at Gourdincj
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Day). Mr. arid Mrs. Anderson
are remembered by many friends in
this section, having lived last year
near Myrtle Beach. The funeral was
attended by Olo Anderson and Oscar!
Anderson, and Mr. and Mrs. M. CI.
Anderson, all being relatives of the
stricken family now living at Conway.!
The child was young but was re-1
markably well developed and bright
for iis age. Taken with acute indigos
tion, it was ill but the short space of
two or three hours before death took
it away.
Horse Racer Said Could "i'ix" Races
(Daily Record.)
Governor Blease made public Monday
the correspondence between him-1
and Governor-elect Richard 1. Man-1
ning, of Sumter, relative to the idea-:
tity of the turfman who was quoted
in South Carolina newspapers as saying,
in substance that horse racing at j
Charleston had boon "fixed up with
Governor Blease all right and we can
do the same with Manning."
Governor Blease inquired the identity
of the man with the intention, he
stated, of. carrying the matter into
the courts.
The letter to Mr. Manning from
Governor Blease was as follows:
"Nov. 26, 1914.
"Hon. R. I. Manning, Sumter, South
Carolina.
"Dear Sir: 1 notice in this morning's
News and Courier, page 3, column
2, under the head, "Manning and
Racing,' an article in which you arc
quoted as having said:
" 'The turf magnate is quoted as
having said that there would be racing
in Charleston next January and
February, regardless of the incoming
governor. We fixed it up with Blease
all right, and can do the same with
M aiming.'
"1 write to ask that you be so kind
as to furnish me with the name of the
'Turf Magnate' you refer to, if it be
true that you made this statement.
"Very respectfully,
(Signed) "Cole L. Blease,
"Governor."
Mr. Manning replied as follows:
"Gov. Cole L. Blease,
"Columbia, S. C.,
"Dear Sir:?
"Your letetr of the 26th, referring
to newspaper article, 'Manning and
Racing,' is received.
"1 am unable to comply with your
request to furnish the name asked for,
as it was not given to me. The conversation
referred to. in the clipping
sent me, was related to me as an
amusing incident, and 1 so treated it
in relating to it. The publication of
this matter was not made upon my
suggestion, and 1 am surprised to see
that the same has been done, and regret
It. "Very respectfullly,
(Signed) "Richard I. Manning."
Maiden's Love Minister.
Rev. Frederick Nicholson, of the
First Spiritual Church, of Worchestor,
Mass., last Saturday appealed to the
chief of police for "protection against
lovesick maidens and scheming mothers."
For weeks he said his life has
been made unhappy by love letters
and telephone calls. He turned over
to the police a package of letters. Police
officials subsequently visited each
home and advised that attentions to
the pastor must cease.
Ship With 6,00 Bales of Cotton Sails
This Week From Now Odnnna
to firemen, Germany.
Now Orleans, Nov. 24.?The steam-1
or (irccn Briar, flying the American I
flag sai's this week for Bremen, with
six thousand bales of cotton., the hrst
to move since the war 1) *gan.
To Report all Cases.
In their search for the persons responsible
for the recent bomb planting
in the Bronx court house and the
Tombs police court room in Now York
patrolmen last Thursday were instructed
to report all cases of destitution
in the districts patrolled by them.
Bi;> Boss by l ire.
Fire last week destroyed the racing
stables and 15 race horses owned by
F. B. Dodge of Grove town, Ga., 15
miles from Augusta, causing a loss
estimated at from $125,000 to $150,000.
Harry B. Reaves, of Boris, spent
several days recently here with his
uncle, Geo. R. Reaves.?Mullins Ens
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METHODIST GONFERESICE
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NOW M YKKS TWO, SOUTH CAROLIN
A. AM) UPPER SOUTH
CAROLINA.
NEXT MEETING PLACES
Spartanburg an Charleston Will Entertain
the 1915. Meetings of the
Two Conferences.?W. C. Kirkland
Editor of Advocate.
Last Saturday's session of the Methodist
Conference was featured by
the adoption of the McLeod resolution
fixing the boundary line for the division
of the conference, the selection of
Spartanburg for the meeting place
for the first session of the new Upper
South Carolina Conference, the election
of W. C. Kirkland for editor of
the Southern Christian Advocate and
the selection of Trinity church, Charleston,
for the next meeting of the
South Carolina Conference.
The McLeod resolution was presented
to the conference at its first ses!
sion and has been debated at length,
i twn rival resolutions findiac* snmp sun
port among the members.
The resolution as adopted reads as
follows:
"That the line of division of the
South Carolina conference be and is
hereby fixed as follows: Beginning
at the North Carolina line follow the
line between Chesterfield and Lancaster
counties, between Kershaw and
Lancaster counties, between Kershavc
and Fairfield counties, thence across
Richland county in a direct line from
the junction of Kershaw and Fairfield
counties at the Richland line to
the junction of the Seaboard Air Line
and the Southern railways, thence in
a direct line to Ridgewood, thence following
the trolley lines to Hyatt
Park, thence in a direct line to Simma
station on the Atlantic Coast Line
railway, thence in a direct line to the
junction of Calhoun and Lexington
counties at the Southern Richland
county line, from thence the line between
Calhoun and Lexington counties,
between Orangeburg and Lexington
counties, between Orangeburg
and Aiken counties, between Barni
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vannah river, except that Smyrna and
Rbenezer churches in Kershaw county
shall remain in the upper conference
and Kershaw and Salley churches
shalL remain in the lower conference.
'"That the name of the Lower conference
shall be "the South Carolina
! confrencc' and that said conference
i shall retain the historical records, the
i session, number and the chronologic
cal rolhthat the name of the upper
conference shall be 'the Upper South
Carolina Conference."
Attorney Asks Review.
Another attempt to get an appeal
in the Frank case before the United
States supreme court was made by attorneys
last week for Leo M. Frank,
of Atlanta, under sentence of death
for the murder of Mary Phagan in
that city.
A motion for permission to file a
petition seeking to have the court review
the ease on a writ of error was
tiled. Henry A. Alexander, of counsel
for Frank, personallly called the
motion to the attention of the court.
The attorney agreed with Justices
Lamar and Holmes, who, in refusing
to grant the writ, held that the question
for review is a decision of the
Georgia court of appeals on procedure,
namely, whether the motion to
set aside the verdict of conviction was
made in due time by Frank's attorneys.
The attorney contended, howeve:-,
that the Georgia court would
no} have reached it^ dpeiGrm if tr
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not erred on a fundamental point of
federal law, namely, whether Frank
had boon given a fair trial because he
had been compelled to stay away
from the court room on the day theh
verdict was rendered for fear of violence.
He argued that the court
should grant the application so as to
correct this error.
Moving Picture Shows Started
Mc ssvs. Coughnour < " Cannady of
Wilmington, M. C., opened a moving
picture show last Thursday night in
the place recently leased by them
from Col. C. P. Quattlcbnum, next
door to the Horry Hardware Co. The
interior of the room was altered as
well as the front of the building, and
everything done except the painting
by Thanksgiving Day.